Legal Opinion

Orr v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided February 26, 1959No. 8 Div. 960PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAWSON, Justice.

C. W. Orr, alias Clinton W. Orr, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Morgan County of the offense of transporting prohibited liquor or beverages in quantities of five gallons or more. Section 187, Title 29, Code 1940. Orr appealed to the Court of Appeals and that court reversed the judgment of the trial court. Its application for rehearing being overruled by the Court of Appeals, the State of Alabama filed in this court a petition for writ of certiorari to review and revise the judgment and decision of the Court of Appeals.

We granted the prayer of the petition and ordered…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Gidley v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1923
  2. Duncan v. City of ScottsboroSupreme Court of Alabama · 1958

3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Watson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
  2. Sumnar Robert Brewster v. Gary HetzelCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2019
  3. Crumpton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
  4. Evans v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976
  5. Mahan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1987

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